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	Sep. 28, 2012 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2011 USD ($)	Oct. 01, 2010 USD ($)	Sep. 28, 2012 Receivables Facility, due January 2015 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2011 Receivables Facility, due January 2015 USD ($)	Sep. 28, 2012 Term loan U.S. dollar denominated term loans USD ($)	Sep. 28, 2012 Term loan Yen denominated term loans JPY (¥)	Sep. 28, 2012 Term loan U.S. dollar denominated term loans, Canadian subsidiary USD ($)	Sep. 28, 2012 Term loan Euro denominated term loans, Irish subsidiary EUR (€)	Sep. 28, 2012 Term loan Sterling denominated term loans. U.K. subsidiary EUR (€)	Sep. 28, 2012 Term loan Euro denominated term loans, German subsidiary USD ($)	Sep. 28, 2012 Senior Notes 8.50% senior notes due 2015 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2011 Senior Notes 8.50% senior notes due 2015 USD ($)	Jan. 26, 2007 Senior Notes 8.50% senior notes due 2015 USD ($)	Sep. 28, 2012 Senior Notes 8.50% senior notes due 2015 Changes in Control	Sep. 28, 2012 Senior Notes Senior floating rate notes, due February 2015 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2011 Senior Notes Senior floating rate notes, due February 2015 USD ($)	Jan. 26, 2007 Senior Notes Senior floating rate notes, due February 2015 USD ($)	Sep. 28, 2012 Senior Notes 5.00% Senior Notes Due 2012 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2011 Senior Notes 5.00% Senior Notes Due 2012 USD ($)	Jun. 29, 2012 Senior Notes Senior notes, noncurrent, due in June 2012	Sep. 28, 2012 Senior Secured Credit Facility	Jan. 26, 2007 Senior Secured Credit Facility Senior Secured Term Loan Facility Maturing on January 2014 USD ($)	Mar. 26, 2010 Restated Credit Agreement Term loan USD ($)	Apr. 17, 2011 Goldman Sachs capital partners and J.P. Morgan partners USD ($)	Mar. 30, 2012 Goldman Sachs capital partners and J.P. Morgan partners USD ($)	Oct. 01, 2010 Goldman Sachs capital partners and J.P. Morgan partners USD ($)	Feb. 29, 2012 Amendment Agreement No. 2 USD ($)	Mar. 30, 2012 Amendment Agreement No. 2 Term loan USD ($)	Feb. 29, 2012 Amendment Agreement No. 2 Term loan USD ($)	Feb. 29, 2012 Amendment Agreement No. 2 Term loan U.S. dollar denominated term loans USD ($)	Feb. 28, 2012 Amendment Agreement No. 2 Term loan U.S. dollar denominated term loans	Sep. 28, 2012 Amendment Agreement No. 2 Term loan Yen denominated term loans JPY (¥)	Feb. 29, 2012 Amendment Agreement No. 2 Term loan Yen denominated term loans JPY (¥)	Feb. 29, 2012 Amendment Agreement No. 2 Term loan U.S. dollar denominated term loans, Canadian subsidiary USD ($)	Feb. 29, 2012 Amendment Agreement No. 2 Term loan Euro denominated term loans, Irish subsidiary EUR (€)	Feb. 29, 2012 Amendment Agreement No. 2 Term loan Sterling denominated term loans. U.K. subsidiary GBP (£)	Feb. 29, 2012 Amendment Agreement No. 2 Term loan Euro denominated term loans, German subsidiary EUR (€)	Feb. 29, 2012 Amendment Agreement No. 2 Term loan U.S. dollar denominated and Euro denominated term loans	Feb. 28, 2012 Amendment Agreement No. 2 Term loan U.S. dollar denominated and Euro denominated term loans	Feb. 29, 2012 Amendment Agreement No. 2 Term loan Yen and Sterling denominated term loans	Feb. 28, 2012 Amendment Agreement No. 2 Term loan Yen and Sterling denominated term loans	Apr. 17, 2011 Amendment Agreement USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2011 Amendment Agreement USD ($)	Sep. 28, 2012 Revolving Credit Facility	Sep. 28, 2012 Revolving Credit Facility Term loan Yen and Sterling denominated term loans	Sep. 28, 2012 Revolving Credit Facility Senior Secured Credit Facility USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2011 Revolving Credit Facility Senior Secured Credit Facility USD ($)	Jan. 26, 2007 Revolving Credit Facility Senior Secured Credit Facility USD ($)	Sep. 28, 2012 Revolving Credit Facility Senior Secured Credit Facility U.S. dollar denominated term loans USD ($)	Sep. 28, 2012 Revolving Credit Facility Senior Secured Credit Facility Sterling or U.S. dollars to the Company or a U.K. subsidiary USD ($)	Sep. 28, 2012 Revolving Credit Facility Senior Secured Credit Facility Euros or U.S. dollars to the Company or an Irish subsidiary USD ($)	Sep. 28, 2012 Revolving Credit Facility Senior Secured Credit Facility Euros or U.S. dollars to the Company or German subsidiaries USD ($)	Sep. 28, 2012 Revolving Credit Facility Senior Secured Credit Facility Canadian dollars or U.S. dollars to the Company or a Canadian subsidiary USD ($)	Jan. 31, 2008 Revolving Credit Facility Letter of Credit USD ($)	Jan. 26, 2007 Revolving Credit Facility Letter of Credit USD ($)	Sep. 28, 2012 Revolving Credit Facility Line of Credit USD ($)	Mar. 26, 2010 Revolving Credit Facility Restated Credit Agreement Letter of Credit USD ($)	Apr. 18, 2011 Revolving Credit Facility Amendment Agreement Revolver Capacity through January 2013 USD ($)	Apr. 18, 2011 Revolving Credit Facility Amendment Agreement Revolver Capacity from January 2013 through January 2015 USD ($)	Apr. 18, 2011 Revolving Credit Facility Amendment Agreement Senior Secured Credit Facility USD ($)	Sep. 28, 2012 Term Loan Facility Un-Extended Term loan U.S. dollar denominated term loans USD ($)	Sep. 28, 2012 Term Loan Facility Un-Extended Term loan U.S. dollar denominated term loans, Canadian subsidiary USD ($)	Sep. 28, 2012 Term Loan Facility Un-Extended Term loan Euro denominated term loans, Irish subsidiary EUR (€)	Sep. 28, 2012 Term Loan Facility Un-Extended Term loan Sterling denominated term loans. U.K. subsidiary EUR (€)	Sep. 28, 2012 Term Loan Facility Un-Extended Term loan Euro denominated term loans, German subsidiary USD ($)	Sep. 28, 2012 Term Loan Facility Un-Extended Senior Secured Credit Facility USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2011 Term Loan Facility Un-Extended Senior Secured Credit Facility USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2010 Term Loan Facility Un-Extended Senior Secured Credit Facility U.S. dollar denominated term loans USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2010 Term Loan Facility Un-Extended Senior Secured Credit Facility U.S. dollar denominated term loans USD ($)	Apr. 18, 2011 Term Loan Facility Un-Extended Amendment Agreement Outstanding as of October 26, 2013 USD ($)	Sep. 28, 2012 Term Loan Facility Extended Term loan U.S. dollar denominated term loans USD ($)	Sep. 28, 2012 Term Loan Facility Extended Term loan Yen denominated term loans JPY (¥)	Sep. 28, 2012 Term Loan Facility Extended Term loan U.S. dollar denominated term loans, Canadian subsidiary USD ($)	Sep. 28, 2012 Term Loan Facility Extended Term loan Euro denominated term loans, Irish subsidiary EUR (€)	Sep. 28, 2012 Term Loan Facility Extended Term loan Sterling denominated term loans. U.K. subsidiary EUR (€)	Sep. 28, 2012 Term Loan Facility Extended Term loan Euro denominated term loans, German subsidiary USD ($)	Sep. 28, 2012 Term Loan Facility Extended Senior Secured Credit Facility USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2011 Term Loan Facility Extended Senior Secured Credit Facility USD ($)	Mar. 26, 2010 Term Loan Facility Extended Restated Credit Agreement Senior Secured Credit Facility USD ($)	Sep. 28, 2012 Minimum Senior Secured Credit Facility USD ($)	Sep. 28, 2012 Minimum Revolving Credit Facility	Sep. 28, 2012 Minimum Revolving Credit Facility Term loan Yen and Sterling denominated term loans	Sep. 28, 2012 Maximum Senior Secured Credit Facility	Sep. 28, 2012 Maximum Revolving Credit Facility	Sep. 28, 2012 Maximum Revolving Credit Facility Term loan Yen and Sterling denominated term loans	Mar. 26, 2010 Maximum Revolving Credit Facility Restated Credit Agreement Letter of Credit USD ($)	Apr. 18, 2011 Maximum Revolving Credit Facility Amendment Agreement USD ($)	Apr. 17, 2011 Maximum Revolving Credit Facility Amendment Agreement USD ($)	Oct. 01, 2010 Interest and other financing costs, net Restated Credit Agreement USD ($)	Sep. 28, 2012 Interest and other financing costs, net Amendment Agreement No. 2 USD ($)	Mar. 26, 2010 Eurocurrency rate borrowings Revolving Credit Facility Term loan U.S. dollar denominated term loans	Apr. 18, 2011 Eurocurrency rate borrowings Revolving Credit Facility Amendment Agreement Revolver Capacity through January 2013	Apr. 18, 2011 Eurocurrency rate borrowings Revolving Credit Facility Amendment Agreement Revolver Capacity from January 2013 through January 2015	Mar. 26, 2010 Base-rate borrowings Term loan U.S. dollar denominated term loans	Sep. 28, 2012 Base-rate borrowings Revolving Credit Facility	Apr. 18, 2011 Base-rate borrowings Revolving Credit Facility Amendment Agreement Revolver Capacity through January 2013	Apr. 18, 2011 Base-rate borrowings Revolving Credit Facility Amendment Agreement Revolver Capacity from January 2013 through January 2015	Sep. 28, 2012 Base-rate borrowings Term Loan Facility Un-Extended Term loan U.S. dollar denominated and Euro denominated term loans	Sep. 28, 2012 Base-rate borrowings Minimum Revolving Credit Facility	Sep. 28, 2012 Base-rate borrowings Minimum Term Loan Facility Un-Extended Term loan U.S. dollar denominated and Euro denominated term loans	Sep. 28, 2012 Base-rate borrowings Maximum Revolving Credit Facility	Sep. 28, 2012 Base-rate borrowings Maximum Term Loan Facility Un-Extended Term loan U.S. dollar denominated and Euro denominated term loans	Sep. 28, 2012 Federal Funds Revolving Credit Facility	Sep. 28, 2012 LIBOR Borrowings Senior Notes 8.50% senior notes due 2015	Sep. 28, 2012 LIBOR Borrowings Revolving Credit Facility	Sep. 28, 2012 LIBOR Borrowings Term Loan Facility Un-Extended Term loan U.S. dollar denominated and Euro denominated term loans	Sep. 28, 2012 LIBOR Borrowings Minimum Revolving Credit Facility	Sep. 28, 2012 LIBOR Borrowings Minimum Term Loan Facility Un-Extended Term loan U.S. dollar denominated and Euro denominated term loans	Sep. 28, 2012 LIBOR Borrowings Maximum Revolving Credit Facility	Sep. 28, 2012 LIBOR Borrowings Maximum Term Loan Facility Un-Extended Term loan U.S. dollar denominated and Euro denominated term loans	Jul. 01, 2011 ARAMARK Corporation USD ($)	Sep. 28, 2012 ARAMARK Corporation USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2011 ARAMARK Corporation USD ($)	Apr. 18, 2011 ARAMARK Corporation Senior Notes
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Face Amount														$ 1,280,000,000				$ 500,000,000					$ 4,150,000,000
Line of Credit Facility, Maximum Borrowing Capacity																																																	600,000,000	500,000,000	40,000,000	20,000,000	30,000,000	75,000,000	200,000,000	250,000,000	649,000,000	92,600,000	665,000,000	500,000,000	165,000,000
Letters of Credit Sublimit																																																																																							250,000,000
Deferred Finance Costs, Net		2,100,000																																										2,100,000
Dividends paid to Parent Company	(53,720,000)	(132,900,000)	0																																																																																																													(132,700,000)	(53,700,000)	(132,900,000)
Long-term Debt				263,800,000	225,905,000	3,547,000,000	5,422,000,000	170,000,000	44,000,000	122,000,000	70,000,000	1,280,000,000	1,280,000,000			500,000,000	500,000,000		0	246,287,000													5,422,000,000														0	0														475,600,000	85,200,000	11,100,000	32,700,000	17,900,000	650,913,000	1,886,848,000				2,265,500,000	5,110,300,000	75,500,000	30,400,000	82,300,000	46,100,000	2,637,920,000	1,407,440,000																																		595,500,000
Line of Credit Facility, Maximum Borrowing Capacity, Incremental Commitments	750,000,000
Debt Amount Extended																														1,231,600,000
Letters of Credit Amendment Amount																												66,700,000																																																												500,000,000	435,000,000
Borrowed funds extended by subfacility																															858,100,000			5,150,900,000	75,400,000	30,400,000	82,300,000	46,100,000
Debt instrument, basis spread on variable rate																															2.25%	1.375%							3.25%	1.375%	3.375%	1.375%				2.00%																																					2.00%			2.125%	3.25%					3.25%	3.25%	3.25%	2.25%	0.75%	2.25%	2.25%	0.875%	0.25%	0.875%	1.00%	1.125%	0.50%	3.50%	1.75%	1.875%	1.25%	1.875%	2.00%	2.125%
Debt Instrument, Purchase Price, Percentage of Principal Amount												100.00%			101.00%
Debt Intstrument, Outstanding Term Loans, Percentage of Excess Cash Flow																						50.00%
Debt Instrument, Covenant, Consolidated Capital Ratio Minimum																						5.25
Debt Instrument, Covenant, Consolidated Capital Ratio Percentage																						25.00%
Debt Instrument, Covenant, Consolidated Capital Ratio																																																																																	4.50			5.25
Debt Instrument, Covenant, Consolidated Capital Ratio, Actual																						4.70
Other Prepay Term Loan Requirements																						100.00%
Percentage, Total Funded Principal Amount																						0.25%
Repayments of Long-term Debt																																																																					150,000,000	150,000,000
Maximum Consolidated Secured Debt Ratio																						4.50																																																											4.25			5.875
Reduces Total Secured Debt																																																																																	75,000,000
Debt Instrument, Covenant, Secured Debt Ratio, Actual																						3.11
Minimum Interest Coverage Ratio																																																																																	2.00
Actual Interest Coverage Ratio																						2.97
Line of Credit Facility, Unused Capacity, Commitment Fee Percentage																																												0.50%	0.50%																																					0.375%			0.50%
Line of Credit Facility, Acceleration Clause																																																																							250,000,000
Payments of Debt Issuance Costs																								1,900,000					3,200,000
Payments of Financing Costs			8,500,000																																								7,200,000																																															8,500,000	7,500,000																							14,600,000
Direct Amendment Costs, Related-party PY																									3,900,000		7,500,000
Direct Amendment Costs, Related-party																										4,500,000
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Stated Percentage														8.50%							5.00%																																																																																														9.375%
Term Loan Extended			1,407,400,000			2,600,000,000																																																																										1,407,400,000
Capital Lease Obligations, Noncurrent	49,584,000	45,696,000
Other Long-term Debt, Noncurrent	31,064,000	45,502,000
Long-term Debt, Excluding Current Maturities	5,413,281,000	5,637,678,000
Long-term Debt, Current Maturities	(37,462,000)	(49,064,000)
Long-term Debt and Capital Lease Obligations	$ 5,375,819,000	$ 5,588,614,000																																																																																																															$ 4,586,000,000	$ 4,833,700,000